Reel Guess
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Paul M
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Reel Guess
Here is a view of a reel that recently appeared in a Facebook Group show & tell. I'll let you try to figure out what it is before I post a picture of the side plate. The story is pretty interesting. (Not my reel, NFS).
Paul Manuel
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john elder
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Re: Reel Guess
BC Milam #2??
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Specializing in saltwater reels...and fly reels...and oh, yeah, kentucky style reels.....and those tiny little RP reels.....oh, heck...i collect fishing reels!...and fly rods....and lures
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Specializing in saltwater reels...and fly reels...and oh, yeah, kentucky style reels.....and those tiny little RP reels.....oh, heck...i collect fishing reels!...and fly rods....and lures
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Paul M
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Re: Reel Guess
Close!
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It is a brass Meek & Milam #2 (with correctly numbered screws!). The owner in KY said that his "grand-papa" knew the jeweller that made it and that the reel had been handed down through his family from before the civil war. If he checks his messages he will find one from me that suggests he drive a few hours to see the KY reel display at the Capitol Museum in Frankfort, including the lathe that made the pillars on his reel.
Paul Manuel
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